Burning Calories

danyleewell

I was looking through the excerise things and they have like cleaning and cooking and house work and things like that if you wanted to add but does anyone know if there is something for knitting? Can you burn calories for that? I knitt crafts and with the holidays approaching its all I do, for example I sat on the sofa yesterday and knitted for 3 hours straight, while yes I was sitting, my arms were constanting going and pulling the yarn and moving back and forth. I didn't think it counted but someont told me it might.

Thoughts?

Alanhalil

It is going to be minuscule really. Not worth entering, in my opinion.

drop_it_like_a_squat

Don't log it...

crazybookworm

Don't log it.. Yes, I know sometimes you can work up a sweat doing vigorous cleaning, but I did those things when I was overweight, and it never contributed to weight loss. You lose calories just from breathing, but we obviously don't add that. So I wouldn't log anything that wasn't a physical activity/exercise.

TeaBea

I was looking through the excerise things and they have like cleaning and cooking and house work and things like that if you wanted to add but does anyone know if there is something for knitting? Can you burn calories for that? I knitt crafts and with the holidays approaching its all I do, for example I sat on the sofa yesterday and knitted for 3 hours straight, while yes I was sitting, my arms were constanting going and pulling the yarn and moving back and forth. I didn't think it counted but someont told me it might.

Thoughts?

You have your BMR - calories you use while sleeping......then you get additional calories for your activity level .....calories used for day to day activities. You ARE already getting credit for some activity.

If you plan on eating "exercise" calories back and log knitting as exercise ......don't be surprised when your weight loss stalls. I do log exercise (and eat calories back).....but am conservative.

Chieflrg

Don't log it.. Yes, I know sometimes you can work up a sweat doing vigorous cleaning, but I did those things when I was overweight, and it never contributed to weight loss. You lose calories just from breathing, but we obviously don't add that. So I wouldn't log anything that wasn't a physical activity/exercise.

True because weight loss is about your diet not calories burned. If you eat more food than the calories you burn, you won't lose weight.

This past week, I probably burn 2400 calories a day with running & cycling. I gained weight as I was eating near 5000 calories a day.

MercenaryNoetic26

It's like logging watching TV for 3 hours and picking up the remote to flip channels. It's part of tdee and so is cleaning.

danyleewell

That is what I was thinking too, Thanks everyone

MG_Fit

Don't log it...

She speaks the truth.

ElliottTN

If you decide to count things like that than you better also prepare yourself for disappointment with you progress vs workload.